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> stop worrying about quality

This is going to lead to more hacking incidents and give the entire industry a bad rap, which will invite more intense regulation. Do you want HIPAA for all of software development? We'd best not be so cavalier or we earn what society legislates on us

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I agree that it's a terrible idea, but here we are.

we were not here before, nor do we have to remain in this place - start with individual change and then move to encouragement towards others

As someone who's been there for the last few years, there's no fighting it anymore. People will need to come to their conclusion on their own - and they're fighting a trillion dollar hype machine and everyone above middle management and a good percentage of those below.

> People will need to come to their conclusion on their own

I disagree, humans are social creatures, we have many constructs developed over millennia to lean on. This is where social media borks us, but we can step back from that as well and return to more IRL interaction. It's already started, more people are giving up or reducing social media time.

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